Container for music rolls and the like



1',639,166 Aug. 16, 1921. a BURTON CONTAINER FOR MUSIC ROLLS AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. '7, 1922 2 Sheets-Shet 1 Aug. 16, 1927.

1,639,166 c. s. BURTON I CONTAINER FOR MUSIC ROLLS AND THE LIKE Filed $ept. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 16, 1927.

UNITED STATES CHARLES S. BURTON, 01 OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

CONTAINER FOR MUSIC ROLLS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed September 7, 1922. Serial No. 586,570.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved construction of a tubular container for music rolls and the like having a telescoping closure. It consists in the elements and features of construction shown and described, as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a container embodying the invention, the music roll being shown therein in dotted line as closed position of the container.

Figure 2 is a similar View showing theolosure, withdrawn and at position for permitting the withdrawal or insertion of the roll, the roll being shown in position to which it is withdrawn by the withdrawing of the closure.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the closure member is made by folding and gluing with the flexible strip which constitutes the hinge and lug shown attached thereto preparatory to folding the blank into the form of a closure. I

Figure 4 is a perspective view of'the same blank with the flexible strip folded back under one element of the blank to form a lug showing the element which forms the inner ply of the bottom of the closure folded up into the position which it occupies in the completed closure fordisclosing the lug.

Figure 5 is a perspective View showing the closure in process of being folded to interlap the plies of the bottom of the fabric strip extending there-between to form by its opposite end portions respectively a hinge and a lug.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal vertical section of the closure and the metal reinforce as they are connected preparatory to completing the structure by i'nsertin the reinforce into the box, the bottom 0 the reinforce comprising three layers and the fabric strip extending therethrough being shown dissected,that is, the layers being supported for showing the relation of the parts more clearly.

Figure7 is a plan view of a strip of pasteboard from which the blanks for forming the closure are cut at the heavy lines indicating the outline of the blanks, and slitted at the light lines, dotted lines vindicating lines of folding.

The structure shown-in the drawings comprises a tubular box member, 1, having one end closed and the other end open, and adapted to be closed by a telescoping closure,2.

Said telescoping closure has one end 7 closed, and the top and the other end open,

as seen clearly in Figures 1 and 2.

The open endof this boxis reinforced,- I to compensate for lack of a head or closure at that end,--by means of a metal reinforce, 3, which is formed to telescope snugly within the open end of the box, and to ad mit the closure member to be telescoped through it. This reinforce is formed of a flat strip of metal folded four-square with the ends joined in any convenient way, as by lapped and soldered joint, or interlocked seam, to render the reinforce as rigid as it may be in View of its thickness and breadth, the seam being preferably atthe upper side of the box where any protrusion which it' may cause will not encounter the closure.

The only securement necessary for holding For hinging the closure to the tubular 7 box and making said hinge serve as a check in the insertion of the closure in the box to j closed position, as well as a check upon its" withdrawal to the proper point for swinging down to open position as shown in- Figure 2, there is employed a fabric strip, 4, which is secured to the bottom of the closure in a particular manner, hereinafter. more fully explained, and extends from'the forward edge ofthe bottom of the closure in over the lower side of the reinforce, the inner end portion being folded over the inner edge of said lower side and engaged between the same and the lower side of the box member. In order to have the end en'- gaged in the manner described between the closure and the box wall, the hinge strip is inserted through the closure and folded around its inner edgeand glued down onto its under side before the closure is vinserted in the box.

A very important feature of a box of this the bottom of the closure to comprise from the box member. The lug cannot be safely secured to the head or forward end of the closure because the constant operation of withdrawing it tends very rapidly to deteriorate the end of the closure, breaking down and causing it to be torn out. For effectiveness, the lug must be secured to the bottom of the closure so as to exert its pull in the plane'of that bottom and not trans verse thereto, as it would bein respect to the head end of the box if it were secured thereto. It is equally undesirable to have the lug secured by pasting or gluing upon the under side of the bottom, because in that construction it would be readily peeled off in the ordinary movement withdrawing the closure which would be likely to occur with a downward pull. Equally it is undesirable to have the forward end of the closure erforated for extending the lug therethrough, as would be necessary if the lug were secured upon the upper surface of the bottom of the closure. All these objectionable.methods of providing and securing the lug are avoided by the construction adopted, which causes three layers, one of which is continuous with the head or forward end of the closure, the other two being continuous with the sides, respectively, of the closure, the bottom being formed by folding the three parts mentioned with the first mentioned part innermost, and the other two plies successively below the first, whereby there is afforded a possibility of extending the fabric strip which forms the hinge between the said two other layers mentioned, where it may be secured by the glue which secures those two layers together, causing it to emerge as the lug, through the outer or at the forward edge of the threeply bottom, and to emerge for the hinge at the inner edge of the same, avoiding the necessity of perforating or cutting through the head or forward end wall of the closure or the fold between the same and the inner ply of the bottom which is continuous with I said head from the fold.

In detail, the method of securing the contlnuous fabric strip, 4;, wlnch constitutes both hinge and lug, may be understood from Figure 4 to be that said strip is glued to the under side of one of the outer or lateral plies with the proper amount extending under the middle ply to permit it to be folded back onto said outer ply and leave a doublethick lug of suitable width projecting from the inner edge of said lateral ply, and a suitable amount of its length projecting from the other edge of said ply to form the hinge and extend over the lower side of the reinforce and be folded back under the same for engagement therewithbetween the rein-' force and the box. 7

From the foregoing description it willbe understood that the closure is made from a blank as seen in Figure 3 which comprises a central or main area, 10, which forms a head or forward end of the closure, a wing, 11, extending from the side of said head whichwiil constitute the lower corner of the closure, two wings, 12, 12, extending from the twc opposite sides of the central area, 10, and two wings,.13, 13, which extend from ges of said sides, 12,12. which in line with the fold between the parts, 10 and 11, said wings, 13, 13, being in width or dimension transverse to saidline or foldcqual to the width in directionparailel to said line, of the head element, 10; an that when folded in the manner indicated as shownin igure 5, to lap the three plies, 11, 13 and 13, as described, me said widths of the wings, 13, 13, extending from said fold line terminous with said fold. .The side elements, 12, 12, are extended in the line of folding mentioned, for a distance preferably somewhat greater than the "vertical dimension of the box, and said w" are shaped at their super edges in a about the point bank, with a dimension, the the arc in a (.lirecticn tangent thereto at the 1d thereof, to the end of said side'wings h are p1. fer-ably cut off, as shown, so as not to terminate in apoint, that is, before said tangent line intersects the line of the lower edge which is the line of fold above mentioned.

The boxes in question for music rolls are customarily and desirably square in crosssection, and it is desirable for economy of material in making the closures to make the several elements, 11, 13, 13, and the portion of the element, 12, before the commencement of the curve of the upper edge described, substantially square, so that the form of the blank becomes. as shown in Figure 3, such that it may be cutfroin a parallel-sided radius equal to the vertical sheet of pasteboard with minimum waste, as

indicated in diagram in Figure '1.

For engaging the head of the music roll-- to withdraw it from the box in the with drawal of the enclosure to a sufficient dis-.;

tance to enable the operator to take hold of it for completing rts withdrawal without.

reaching into the box, there is provided a' clip, 15, made of a straight piece of spring material, preferably spring metal, which is secured at one end near the hinged endof the bottom of the closure, being bent vupward. from its secured portion atla slight angle, so

that at its opposite end which is a distance: from the head of the closure sufficient to:

accommodate the head of the roll, stands up the bottom of the enclosure far enough. to engage the head of the roll. An up-raise of from one-eighth to one-quarterl which the wings, 13, 13, terminate in the upper edgev continuing fromof an inch is sufficient for this purpose. The i securement of this clip to theloottomof the,

closure is readily effected by forming it with two clown-struck lugs, 15, 15*, at the opposite sides of its inner end which will become clinched into the three-ply bottom by a blow of a suitable tool,

I claim l. A container for music rolls and the like, comprising a tubular box member open at one end; a telescoping closure therefor, an interior metal reinforce at said open end, through which reinforce the closure telescopes into the box; a flexible fabric strip having one end engaged between one side of the reinforce, and the adjacent longitudinal side of the box, and folded back over the inner edge of said side of the reinforce out through the latter and extending in the bottom of the closure secured thereto to the forward edge thereof for hinging the closure to the box.

2. In the construction defined in claim 1, foregoing, the closure being integrally of flat material, cut and folded substantially as shown, in that the bottom comprises three layers, of which one extends directly from the bottom edge of the outer end wall of the closure, and the other two extend from the bottom edges of the opposite side walls of I the closure, said side walls extending from the opposite lateral or vertical edges of the end walls, the fabric hinge being extended from the hinging portion between two of said three layers, whereby liability of-stripping the hinge from the bottom of the closure is avoided.

3. A container for music rolls and the like, comprising a tubular boxmember open at one end; a telescoping closure therefor, an interior metal reinforce at said open end, through which reinforce the closure telescopes into the box; a flexible fabric strip having one end engaged between one side of the reinforce, and the adjacent longitudinal side of the box, and folded back over the inner edge of said side of the reinforce out through the latter and extending in the bot-- tom of the closure secured thereto to the forward edge thereof for hinging the closure to the box, the bottom of the closure comprising at least two layers, one of which is not continuous with the head of the closure from the lower edge thereof, the fabric strip being extended between the layers, whereby said strip emerges to constitute the lug without aperture through the head of the closure or the fold at its lower edge- 4, In the construction defined in claim 1, foregoing, the closure having its bottom at least two-ply and the fabric hinge being ex tended between said plies for emergence at the forward end of the bottom to form a lug for withdrawing the closure.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 5th day of September, 1922.

CHARLES S. BURTON. 

